“Be careful on the porch. The ice is hard to see.”
“Yeah, Mom. Got it.” Sonny rolled his eyes, wishing Mom would quit treating him like a child.
He hurried from the door to the stairs When his phone dinged, eyes on the screen, he didn’t see the icy patch.
His foot slid and pointed at the sky. Arms windmilling, he went top over teakettle, landing on his behind and cracking his head on the bottom step. As he waited for the world to stop spinning, he heard his mother’s voice.
“I told you. Someday you’ll listen to me.”
(This is one that I had to pare down from 133 words to the necessary 100—99, actually. My original version was more fun, but rules are rules!)
Just Writing! 
Mom knows best
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Dear Linda,
You buy ’em books and buy ’em books and they insist on eating the pages. 😉 Oops. Perhaps he’ll listen to his mother next time. Meanwhile, your adherence to the word count is much appreciated. Good one.
Shalom,
Rochelle
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Thanks, Rochelle. I’d put a LOL emoticon here if it weren’t so difficult to figure out how to do it 🙂
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Mom does know best, but sometimes we just get tired of the constant lecturing.
I find it interesting that when people fall, the first thing they do is look all around to see if anyone was watching. 🙂
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Yup. Every time 🙂
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Parental I told you so’s can be quite helpful, though they often hurt
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Or they’re just annoying.
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Hope he was fine and very careful after the fall 🙂
Moms know best.
have a great week!
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thanks, Anita
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Live and learn. I hope he lives.
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It’s a universal story. I can say is, comes a time we moms no longer feel like warning them. Let ’em learn! Well done!
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No one to blame but himself! Good fun 🙂
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Rules are for bending 😀. Such realism to the story. I’m surprised more accidents don’t happen.
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The moment he rolled his eyes I knew (hoped bwahaha) he was in for a spill 🙂
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Mom should let him be, doing dumb things is a boy’s job!
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Learning the hard way! How many times have us parents said something similar?
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Me, day before yesterday…. replace bottom step with door at McD’s. My nose would be broken if it wasn’t plastic. LOL! The manager even offered to copy the camera feed for me. Cackles with laughter. On the serious, I’m glad it was me and not one of the Seniors. They got salt on it right away, and helped the Seniors to their cars when their morning chat group broke up.
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Sounds like a great manager at that store. Glad your injuries weren’t any worse 🙂
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I fall a lot, just part of my existence anymore. Sunday, I took a Petie across the alter. I’ve learned to roll out of a fall and return to standing without breaking stride… usually.
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I’m guessing that while it still embarrasses you, you’re also less embarrassed as time goes on. I hope so, anyway :
“Took a Petie” is a new expression to me!
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Comes from Baseball… Pete Rose, precisely. He used to slide into home plate hands first.
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Ah. Well, I was never much of a baseball fan 🙂
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Ouch! I hope the bang on the head caused nothing worse than a headache. I bet Sonny’s response to “I told you” lwas “Yeah, yeah, yeah, gimme a break why don’cha?”
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I think you’re right 🙂
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Ouch, lots of cracked skulls this week… I hope he listens to Mom next time. Those darn cell phones will get you every time.
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everything must be alright as long as the phone isn’t damaged and still working as advertised. 🙂
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🙂
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But it’s so hard to take advice when you already know everything, lol. Great take on the prompt!
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Oh, Russell—so true! And we do tend to “know everything” until we gain some life experience 🙂
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Love the top over teakettle! I’m laughing and wincing in pain at the same time.
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That’s a perfect reaction 🙂
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Kids! They always know best ~ until they don’t. Great take on the prompt.
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Thanks, Alicia.
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Top over teakettle. Great phrase, I’ve not heard that one before but I love it. Nice piece
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I’m not sure, but I think it is a British idiom but with a different word where I used “top.”
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Windmills, teakettles and a spinning world – I feel as if I have slipped on the ice. Fun read and great observation – why does the younger generation seem to think they know best and ignore the wisdom of their parents?
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I don’t remember. But then, I ALWAYS listened to my parents 🙂
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Ah kids, got to admire their tenacity and fearless spirit. Until they end up in the emergency room.
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Maybe someday he’ll listen. I doubt it will be anytime soon! 🙂
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Oh dear. Moms always know. And kids only ever listen AFTER they’ve been hurt, AFTER being so shocked that they did get hurt. And they probably wont listen next time!
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They tend to smarten up when they have kids of their own. Sometimes.
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